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"Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up to and overtake Britain in less than 15 years The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of... read more
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People edit
- Mao Zedong: Add a description of this character.
- Khrushchev
- Zhou Enlai
- Peng Dehuai
- Liu Shaoqi
- Xie Fuzhi
- Stalin
- Zhang Zhongliang
- Cao Shuji
- Hebei
- Li Fuchun
- Li Xiannian
- Sichuan
- Li Jingquan
- Wang Renzhong
- Hubei
- Zhou Xiaozhou
- Chen Yun
- Zhu De
- Chen Yizi
- Bo Yibo
- Tan Zhenlin
- Zhang Wentian
- Anhui
- Zhang Guozhong
- Tao Zhu
- Wang Linchi
- Mikhail Klochko
- Guangdong
- Ke Qingshi
- Xushui
- Li Zhisui
Setting & Locations edit
- Beijing
- China
- Shanghai
- Soviet Union
- Gansu
- Hunan
- Nanjing
- Moscow
- Yunnan
- Shandong
- Guangzhou
- Henan
- Wuhan
- United States
- Hong Kong
- Zhejiang
- Tianjin
- Guizhou
- Britain
- Lanzhou
- East Germany
- Lushan
- Nanning
- Liaoning
- Changsha
- Yellow River
- Qinghai
- Xinyang
- Jiangsu
- Shenyang
- Guomindang
- Chengdu
- Guangxi
- Japan
- Albania
- Fuyang
- Heilongjiang
- Manchuria
- Xiangtan
- Zhangjiakou
- Kaiping
- Luoding
- Cuba
- Chongqing
- Burma
- Vietnam
- Inner Mongolia
- People’s Republic
- Jizhuang
- Chishui
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Frank Dikötter (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
ISBN: 9780802777683
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Walker & Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
ISBN: 9780802777683
Page Count: 448
Awards edit
- Samuel Johnson Prize (2011)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951.055
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